Research Article

Plasma microRNA-320c as a Potential Biomarker for the Severity of Knee Osteoarthritis and Regulates cAMP Responsive Element Binding Protein 5 (CREB5) in Chondrocytes

Table 1

Primer sequences used for vector construction and real-time PCR.

GenePrimer sequence

miR-320cF: AAAAGCTGGGTTGAGAGGGT
R: ACCCTCTCAACCCAGCTTTT

CREB5F: CCCTGCCCAACCCTACAATG
R: GGACCTTGCATCCCCATGAT

CREB5 3′-UTR WtF: AGTCCAACCCTTTGCCTGAAA
R: TGACACCACAGCACAAACTCA

CREB5 3′-UTR MutF: CTTGGGAAACGCTTTGGTGC
R: TAGCTGACTGTACCTGGTTTAACA

c-jun promoterF: GCAGCGGAGCATTACCTCAT
R: TAGCCCATGATGTCACCCCA

c-fos promoterF: GGGGACATGCGTCTTCGC
R: CAAGGTGCTCCAGAGTGTGC

GAPDHF: GGAGCGAGATCCCTCCAAAAT
R: GGCTGTTGTCATACTTCTCATGG

U6F: GCTTCGGCAGCACATATACTAAAAT
R: CGCTTCACGAATTTGCGTGTCAT

F: forward; R: reverse; CREB5: cAMP responsive element binding protein 5; UTR: untranslated region; Wt: wild-type; and Mut: mutant.